Are Marijuana Dispensaries the bootleg gin joints of today?

articles.latimes.com — For most of the 1920s, a patient could get a prescription for one pint about as easily as California patients can now get "recommendations" for medical marijuana. All it took to acquire a liquor prescription was cash ? generally about $3-- about $40 today ? placed in the hand of an agreeable doctor. Jun 26, 2010 View in Crawl 4